Colombia: Foreign Firms Cash in on Generous Mining Code
Cerrejon mine
These are prosperous times for Canadian mining and oil companies extracting resources from Colombia. […]
Year: 2007
Cuba: Women, Local Elections and People’s Power
PLACETAS, Cuba, Oct 19 (IPS) – Marisol Cabrera has become quite at ease as president of the municipal government of the Cuban town of Placetas. But nine years ago it was another story, and she […]
Paraguay: Environmentalists Up in Arms Over Mega-Port
ASUNCION, Oct 22 (IPS) – Residents, environmentalists and local and national authorities in Paraguay are at odds over the pros and cons of a port complex being built by U.S. agribusiness giant Cargill on the […]
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Costa Rica: Is CAFTA a victory for Bush?
While US President George Bush continues to advocate for the Central American Free Trade Agreements commonly called "CAFTA" opponents to the free trade agreements are calling into question the results of the recent vote in […]
Venezuela: Stiglitz visits Caracas
President Chavez met with the 2001 Nobel Prize winner Joseph Stiglitz to exchange ideas and views on Latin American economics, global markets, and other economic issues relating to the situation in Venezuela.Stiglitz, a former World […]
Venezuela and Colombia Launch Gas Pipeline
Source: venezuelanalysis.com Mérida, October 15, 2007 – The Presidents of Venezuela, Colombia, and Ecuador met in northern Colombia on Friday to inaugurate a new transnational gas pipeline. President Hugo Chavez of Venezuela also invited Colombian […]
Juicio a Fujimori: Una oportunidad para Perú
Fuente: Programa de las Américas La extradición del ex presidente y ex dictador Alberto Fujimori, decidida por la Corte Suprema de Chile, puede contribuir a consolidar una democracia frágil y a disolver la cultura del […]